On 13 March, employees of Bikin National Park in the Primorye Territory received the first visual proof of Amur tigers living in the park. Photos taken by camera traps were collected during the first winter count of animals and birds in the national park.

According to a spokesman of the Amur branch of WWF Russia, the photos showed three tigers – a male and two females, one of which was probably pregnant.

“Tigers and wild boars were the first to be caught on camera, which was not surprising, as these species are popular in this area. After getting the first photos of Amur tigers, we can say that tiger photo monitoring in the national park has begun,” said Alexei Kudryavtsev, director of Bikin National Park.

Bikin National Park was established in November 2015. With a total area of 1.16 million hectares, it is the biggest specially protected area in the southern Russian Far East. The park includes the regional Verkhnebikinsky Nature Reserve and part of the Bikinskaya traditional nature management area.